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Subject: Re: And we're off!

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Date Posted: 09:37:08 09/20/25 Sat
In reply to: Go Green 's message, "And we're off!" on 19:31:51 09/19/25 Fri

At one time, during the 9 game era and maybe a bit beyond, Ivies opened with an OOC opponent. We opened with Rutgers. I believe that the coaches came to feel that opening the season against teams that already had started play was too disadvantageous and the League went to opening against fellow Ivies. I remember opening against Dartmouth. I believe eventually our coaches did not like opening against a conference opponent snd we went back to the current arrangement.

I can’t recall, but I think there was a time during this last schedule reset that OOC opponents only had 2 games before playing us. The current situation is ridiculous IMO. But after the nearly 70 years it took them to green light post season play, asking the Presidents to move the schedule up a week or two, with perhaps a bye-week would probably require the administration of smelling salts.

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Author: Ghost [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:02:41 09/20/25 Sat No one else seems to be having a problem with their out of conference opponent today.......

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Author: Librarian [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:54:41 09/20/25 Sat Whoever this is aiming at, the quality of opponent today (as opposed to last night) generally is not high, including teams that used to be better. And we can win all 8 games and still wonder whether this is the best scheduling for openers, whoever the opponents are.